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As a follow-up on this, rotating the handlebar forward just a little seemed to make a big difference, but I'm still not completely convinced it's solely an adjustment issue. Last week, on one of my commute rides to work, it was really chilly. I had my glove liners on, but my fingers still got...

Cool... Here's a thought; get you some of those "old man sunglasses". You know, the kind that you can wear over your eyeglasses. They're great! They're cheap, they wrap all the way around your glasses, so you don't get the watery eyes thing going on and they have little window in the...

Another pretty decent weekend of riding. Saturday, I was again hoping to find a longish ride to go on. Try as I might, the most anybody wanted to do was a ride out to Perris Airport that I reported about a few weeks ago. I was OK with that, knowing I would get ~70 miles on the bike. It was a...

OK, so now you're really scaring me. My fixie is an old Raleigh Technium I bought at a swap meet (flea market) for $7. :shock: It's got a rattle can paint job and is in it's second configuration. Originally, I redished some ancient 700c's ala Sheldon Brown and had drop bars. Now, she sports...

You like fixies, too???? Man, we must be brothers from different mothers. Mark

I use Photobucket. It's intuitive and best of all, FREE! For road tires, I heartily reccomend Specialized fat boys. I've had real good luck with the set I have on my conversion. They seem to be very durable. DL, your avatar is... ummm.... wait..... ooooh.... yeah..... ahhhh...

That is a fantastic score! Way to go, I'm seriously jealous! Those brakes will be just fine! Mark

It is 1 1/8. Is that a Cannondale fork? It looks to be a touring bike fork, it has lowrider rack brazeons and a headshock. If you decide you don't want that fork, let me know! Me likey! Mark

Uh-oh..... Now the trouble starts.... :lol: :lol: Their shipping is really fast. Both of my Silvio frames were delivered four days from order. Mark

I'm mostly raising the bar a little to get away from hitting my knees on it. I don't know, now you've made me think about it, maybe I should just extend the TFT and pull the bar back a little. The wrist thing I feel will be managed with the bar adjustment I made. I'll know more this weekend...

I had a nice weekend of riding. I went out Saturday, itching for a long ride. I really wanted 80-100 miles, but only if I could find a sucker to go along with. I'm not above doing those kinds of rides by myself, but prefer to have somebody along, for saftey's sake. I arrived at the ride...

Maybe. In one of my earlier musings, I held the contention that you need to develop a "CruzBike Body" to be efficient on a CruzBike. What I meant by that was; you need to get your upperbody toned and conditioned to respond to your lower body input AND be mindful of what your hips are doing...

This is how I set Silvio II up. I have the handlebars so they just clear my knees. In fact, since I switched from my sandals to my road shoes, my knees tick the bars every once in a while. My TFT is probably 1/4" shorter on the top end than Silvio I was. I had mine set up like that, but I...

I have it, too, on Silvio II. I'm not convinced it's the bike, though. I have soreness in the fingers of my left hand and my right wrist gets stiff and sore after about 40 miles on the bike. I never had this on Silvio I, though and not on silvio II for a while, so I think it's something else...

Yeah, I know what they are, I had the same setup on my Strada. I hardly ever moved it, to tell the truth. Lessee, it's been awhile since I built my conversion, but if I recall correctly, the riser fits down over the steerer tube and the TFT clamp squishes down on it to clamp it to the steerer...

Marc, In most CB setups, the Telescoping Front Tube (TFT) attaches to the steerer above the headtube. So, this would preclude the useage of a flex glide type system. Also, due to the input needed from the upper body, I don't think you would want that stem moving around much. :shock: Mark

The Ride... I have to go to work anyway, no matter how I get there. The ride is just the fun before and after the thing I have to do anyway. Commuter miles are almost cheater miles. They pile up so fast and they're painless because you have to go to this place anyway. The only thing is the...

I have a honking bright light on my helmet, I see whatever I look at. ;) Mark

Yesterday, I quit pushing. I sensed I was getting kind of burned out on commuting. A little bit of dread has been creeping into me each morning and that's not a good thing. It occured to me that the bike ride is not the daunting task, but the pressure to keep improving and making better time...

I miss it and I'm OK with that. :D I was just talking to the missus last night, need to get some undershirts and some warmer socks for winter riding. I'm kind of looking forward to cooler temps and kind of not... The first six or seven miles are pretty brutal on the coldest of days. Mark